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Osamu Tezuka: Glimpses of a Fantasic Imagination is the 1st curated programme Philip Brophy produced for the Melbourne International Film Festival. The focus of this programme was the animated works directed by Osamu Tezuka, as well as those based on his manga. The programme included selected TV series episodes as well as all of Tezuka's short films. A slide lecture on Tezuka's manga and its relation to his animated works was also presented by Philip Brophy.

Japanese Animation in the West
(printed in Filmnews No.117, 1995, Sydney)

Glimpses Of A Fantastic Imagination
programme notes from the Film Festival catalogue, 1995 (simultaneously reprinted in Filmnews No.117, 1995, Sydney)
1. Osamu Tezuka
2. Astro Boy
3. Kimba The White Lion
4. Princess Knight
5. Marvelous Melmo
6. Tales Of A Street Corner
7. Mermaid
8. Drop
9. Pictures At An Exhibition
10. Jumping
11. Broken Down Film
12. Push
13. Murumasa
14. Akuemon
15. The Green Cat
16. Adachi-Ga Hara
17. Legend Of The Forest
18. Space Firebird 2772
19. The Fantastic Adventures Of Unico

Translations
Translations of title screeened @ The Melbourne International Film Festival, 1995
1. Marvelous Melmo
2. Kimba The White Lion
3. The Green Cat

Osamu Tezuka's Manga
unpublished notes from slide lecture delivered @ The Melbourne International Film Festival, 1995 & The Japanine Festival, Sydney, 2000
1. Metropolis
2. Astro Boy
3. Princess Knight
4. Kimba The White Lion
5. The Amazing Three
6. Eulogy To Kirihito
7. Crime & Punishment
8. MW
9. Buddha
10. Phoenix
11. The Song Of Apollo

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